Disclaimer: Grand Chase belong to KoG and Ntreev, not me :3

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As every day slowly passes, Lire noticed that Lass rarely hangs out with her, nor accompany her to a mission. She even asked herself once if Lass still loves her because he is always not at his side even if she needs his help. The blonde archer panic sometimes when her boyfriend secretly escapes the castle without permission from her. When Lass escapes the castle, it would take him 3-4 days to show his appearance to the other chasers.

=Lass P.o.V.=

What forces me to be her boyfriend? Is it because she threatened me that she'll divulge all of my past memories to the others, the horrible memories of mine when I was still possessed by KazeAze that sometimes makes its appearance to my mind which made me join the chase? Is that it?

I asked myself that question many times. Yes, that's the reason why I'm her boyfriend. I just did it so that she won't reveal my memories to the others that will make them afraid of me. Moreover, I really don't want that to happen, not them. Especially not my only love one in the chase except my present girlfriend... I don't want her to be afraid of me...

I escaped the Grand Chase castle again and didn't return there for almost a week. I'm sure they're so worried for me now. It was already evening and I question myself rather, if I had better return there or if I would just stay here at Kerrie Beach for just a few days. After a few minutes of thinking, I made up my mind to go back at the castle. This probably is my longest stay at Kerrie Beach and I don't want her to get worried at me because I've been skipping the castle many times and returning there for 2-3 days.

=End of Lass' P.o.V.=

It was sometime in night that the castle door slowly creaked. In addition, inside the castle went Lass, his silver hair and clear sapphire eyes gleaming in the bright moonlight. The thief quickly went to his room to avoid being seen by a member of the chase that's still awake, namely Seighart. Upon arriving his room, Lass went to sleep.

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Morning came and Arme was the first to be awake. She looked outside the castle through the window, still sad because no report came yesterday to the search team that Knight Master assigned. The search team composed of Elesis, Ronan, and Ryan. Lire herself can't stand seeing the others going to search for Lass and she pleaded Knight Master to allow her to search for the missing thief. Seighart was too lazy to help so he, together with Amy, Jin, and Arme was left in the castle, waiting for the report. However, even though the four searchers tried their best to locate Lass, they couldn't find him everywhere they go. There was nothing they can do except to return to the castle and tell the others that they couldn't find a trace of the silver haired boy. The blonde girl couldn't accept the fact that they didn't found her boyfriend. She slept fitfully that night, crying. Even Arme and Amy were getting so worried for the missing thief, especially for the fact that they haven't heard of him in the past few days. The mage and dancer slept fitfully that night also. They just prayed that Lass would soon return to the chase.

By now, the pink haired muse was the second to awake and was currently helping the purple haired warlock in cooking breakfast. The two talked about the report that the four searchers told them yesterday. "Don't worry Arme. It's just normal for them that they didn't found Lass. He's the master of the shadows anyway and it wouldn't be easy to just locate him here and there." she said while cooking. "And don't worry. I'm really sure he'll return here." the siren assured.

The lavender haired mage gave a sigh but didn't reply. She was quiet, thinking of the silver haired striker's safety. How he was now after he left and where he was now.

"I'm sorry for leaving. I just can't help myself doing it." a male's voice apologized to the two girls. The tone of the voice made Arme's heart skip a beat whilst Amy stopped dead on what she's cooking. The two girls turned to see a silver haired thief, standing in front of them.

"Lass!" the girls cried their eyes wide in surprise.

The assassin looked as if he was tired. His hair dishevelled and his clothes, even his face, are dirty. "I'm sorry again for making all of you worried at me." The alchemist was the first one to recover from her surprise. Her actions were obvious to the boy in front of her, because she gave him a warm hug, which surprised him in return.

"Lass... Where have you been? We were so worried at you..." tears formed in the mage's amethyst eyes. "Knight Master sent a search team yesterday to look for you but their report was bad news... We became very much alarmed when you weren't located by the best searchers here..." she cried silently.

The silver haired male was hurt by what the girl said. If he just didn't left the castle for a week, then Arme wouldn't have been crying now because of him. He felt sorry for her in an instant and gave the crying girl a warm hug, which surprised Arme and Amy.

"I... I'm sorry Arme. I just have a big problem that made me escape the castle sometimes. If you want to know it, I'll be glad to tell you two only later so that you'll understand my actions." he said.

The dancer was the one who replied since she noticed that her lilac haired friend was crying continuously. "Ok. Meet us later outside the castle and you can tell us your problem. I'm sure we'll be able to help you with it, don't worry." she smiled sympathetically. Lass didn't make a comment but was assured by Amy's words.

He looked at the crying girl who was busy wiping out her tears. The thief quickly gripped Arme's hand and looked at her amethyst orbs, which made her cheeks hot. "Stop crying ok? I don't want you seeing like that, especially crying. Just be happy always, ok? I'll make it up to you later. I promise." Lass smiled, touching Arme's cheek, which reddened her face even more. She couldn't open her mouth due to the boy's warm touch, so she just nodded her head in response. The blushing girl followed it by smiling a little.

The dancer was happy, seeing that her friend's hopes are gaining little by little but her happy face was soon replaced by an alerted expression when she saw a certain red haired savior coming down from the stairs. "Stop the love scenes now. Elesis' here!" the pink haired girl warned and the two instantly stood up.

"Wow! Something smells good and- wait..." Elesis sniffed the air again. "Burning?" Instantly, Arme and Amy looked at the food that was on the pan.

"Oh! The bacon's burning!" the alchemist exclaimed, turning off the stove.

The pink haired dancer looked back at the spearman. "Thanks for reminding us the bacon Elesis~! You see, we were talking to someone and- huh?" Amy looked around her, only to find that Lass disappeared in view.

"I think you two are hallucinating. I just saw you and Arme when I came here." the crimson haired girl remarked.

Arme and Amy looked at each other. They certainly were talking to Lass earlier! However, the two girls just kept quiet, not telling to the knight in front of them that the silver haired thief was back in the castle. "M-Maybe you're right 'lesie. Why don't you just wait in the dining room? We're almost finished with our cooking." the lavender haired girl smiled uneasily. Elesis gave a nod, went to the dining room, and waited for the food to be served.

That moment, the pink haired sistina looked at her surroundings again. "Where on earth did Lass go? We were just talking to him earlier and the next second, he vanished quickly into thin air!" she whispered, surprised.

"Don't worry about him Amy. I'm sure he's here somewhere. He's Lass after all and he's great at hiding." Arme assured.

Her honey eyed friend sighed before changing the subject. "What do you think of what he'd told us earlier?" the muse asked.

"I don't know. I think it's a good one 'cause he got a smile on his face when he said us that." Amy's friend smiled.

I'm tired but I still don't want to sleep :D Please review ^^